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How Big’s Your Scene?
Question: Can a band call itself a “musical collective” and not sound pretentious? Answer: Yes. If averages and estimation must be used to estimate the group’s size and/or the members […]
Clarke Peters Guests at NOJO Valentine Show
Last night, Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra performed “Shakespeare in Love” at the Contemporary Arts Center. The show revisited Duke Ellington’s Shakespeare-inspired Such Sweet Thunder suite with […]
YouTube du Jour: Trombone Shorty
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhqK8TnU3_k[/youtube] Trombone Shorty lost the Best Contemporary Jazz Album award to Stanley Clarke at the Grammys Sunday, but the best revenge is a killing performance. Here he is in the […]
Chubby Carrier, Buddy Guy Bring Grammys to Louisiana
Hours before Lady Gaga emerged from her egg and Lady Antebellum was celebrated for the neo-soft rock “Need You Now,” Louisiana picked up two Grammy awards, one to Chubby Carrier […]
Video du Jour: Empress Hotel
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/19735946[/vimeo] Indie band Empress Hotel put out this new video last week for “Mach Bach,” the first from their upcoming EP to be released soon on local Park the Van […]
Irvin Mayfield and NOJO Spread the Love of Ellington
Irvin Mayfield loves similes. When contrasting listening to a record versus attending a concert, he says, “It’s like watching the Food Network and then going to the restaurant and eating […]
Frenchmen Street is Now an App
Mystery Street Records, a “sister company” to Threadhead Records, has released Sounds of New Orleans: Frenchmen Street, which pulls together tracks from Threadhead releases by artists that play on Frenchmen. […]
Keb’ Mo’, Balkan Beat Box, Locos Por Juana Headline Festival International
Today Lafayette’s Festival International announced its lineup with blues guitarist Keb’ Mo’, Remesha Master Drummers of Burundi, Balkan Beat Box, Locos Por Juana and Portland, Oregon’s sideshow-like March Fourth Marching […]
French Quarter Festival 2011 Lineup Announced
French Quarter Festivals, Inc. has announced its lineup of musicians for the 2011 French Quarter Festival, to be held April 7-10. Newly expanded to four days, the music lineup still […]
YouTube du Jour: Naughty by Nature
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_lz0a1JCRg[/youtube] Seminal ’90s hip-hop trio Naughty by Nature (best known for their hit song “O.P.P.”) come to the Lakefront Arena this Saturday, February 12 as part of Salt-N-Pepa’s Legends of […]
